Shelves and hooks for supporting articles

ABSTRACT

A substantially vertical rectangular frame formed of a plurality of pairs of parallel horizontal plastic coated rails or wires welded to a plurality of vertical plastic coated wires to support a plurality of suspension members projecting forwardly of the frame each suspension member comprising a substantially U-shaped member with hooked ends to engage over the upper rail of a pair and with a member welded to the base of the U-shaped member to engage under the second rail of a pair to extend at right angles to the frame to support articles suspended thereon or to support a wire shelf welded to the suspension members.

United States Patent 1151 3,659,722

Carroll May 2, 1972 54] SHELVES AND HOOKS FOR 1,809,018 6/1931 Bruning..248/214 SUPPORTING AR L S 2,066,823 1/1937 Cohen ..211/106 x 3,007,70811 1961 Ochs.... ..211/181x [72] Inventor: Aubrey G. Carroll, Farnham,England 3221395 12/1965 Rhodes. 1/143 3,295,471 1/1967 Cook ....2Il/l06X[73] Asslgnee' 2 :23 (Gufldfm'd) Lmmed Famham 3,487,951 1/1970 Beltzung....21I/l8l x [22] Filed: Dec. 4, 1969 Primary ExaminerNile C. Byers,Jr.

App], No.: 882,214

Int. Cl. ..A47f 5/08 FieldofSearch ..2ll/106,57,59, 181,148

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2/1888 Pierce ..248/217Attorney-Norris & Bateman [57] ABSTRACT A substantially verticalrectangular frame formed of a plurality of pairs of parallel horizontalplastic coated rails or wires welded to a plurality of vertical plasticcoated wires to support a plurality of suspension members projectingforwardly of the frame each suspension member comprising a substantiallyU- shaped member with hooked ends to engage over the upper rail of apair and with a member welded to the base of the U- shaped member toengage under the second rail of a pair to extend at right angles to theframe to support articles suspended thereon or to support a wire shelfwelded to the suspension members.

7 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures Patented May 2, 1972 3,659,722

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 /N vsvroe AUBREY GEORGE CARROLL SHELVES AND HOOKS FORSUPPORTING ARTICLES This invention relates to improvements in hookbrackets and a frame for supporting articles such as garden tools,kitchen ware and the like.

According to the invention a suspension member extends forwardly of andaffixed to two parallel horizontal rails of a vertical rectangular framefor attachment to a wall or supports, each suspension member engagingover one rail of the frame and under the other rail of the frame tomaintain the member in a horizontal position from the hook bracket.

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of vertical frame for receiving suspensionbrackets.

FIG. 2 is a side elevation of same partly in section showing asuspension bracket in position thereon.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged side elevation partly in section of a suspensionbracket position on two rails of the frame.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a suspension bracket for garden tools.

FIG. 5 is a similar view of a suspension bracket in the form of a shelf.

FIG. 6 is a similar view of a suspension bracket for bottle.

FIG. 7 is a similar view of a suspension bracket for coats.

A wire frame A is formed from a plurality of longitudinal wire railspreferably coated with a plastics material such as p.v.c. Thelongitudinal wire rails a are arranged in pairs adjacently spaced apredetermined distance apart and supported by vertical wires a welded tothe longitudinal wires.

The frame A is adapted to be mounted with the transverse vertical wiresa adjacent to a wall C or other vertical supports and is spaced from thewall C or supports by L-shaped members 0 formed with a hole therein toreceive a retaining wall bolt nail or screw.

A wire hook bracket B (FIG. 4) is formed of substantially U-shaped clipsb bent over at their upper ends to hook over the upper wire rail a ofone pair of wires and with the base below the lower wire rail 0 of thepair. The lower ends a of the vertical wires a may be bent upwards toform hooks.

A support wire having an arm or arms b extends from the center of thebase of the clip b of the hook bracket B forwardly to act as a hook andan arm 1) extends rearwardly below the lower wire rail 0 of the hookbracket B pair to retain the horizontal, the support wire of the hookbracket 8 being welded to the base of the clip b. The clip b extendsvertically across the front sides of wire pair a as shown in FIG. 3 andarm b extends rearwardly under the lower rail a of the pair, wherebyclockwise tilting of the bracket or suspension member B is opposed. Theends ofthe arms b may be bent upwardly to support the handles of gardentools, or pans or other articles of kitchen ware.

The wires are coated with a plastics material such as p.v.c.

The hook bracket B may be employed to support a shelf D,

for kitchen ware or other articles formed of longitudinal coated wires dwelded to the arms b of a plurality of hook brackets B (FIG. 5) or to abottle rack D (FIG. 6) or to a coat hanger D (FIG. 7).

The L-shaped member 0 for attachment of the frame A to a wall or supportmay be moulded with an eyelet in one leg to receive the wall bolt orscrew. The second leg may be formed with a substantially C shaped headto engage a horizontal wire rail a of the frame A.

What I claim is:

1. Apparatus for supporting articles comprising means defining a wireframe having a plurality of transversely spaced generally vertical railsand at least one pair of adjacent upper and lower transverse railsspaced a predetermined distance apart fixed to said vertical rails, anda suspension member removably mounted on said frame comprising at oneend a substantially U-shaped clip having a base and upwardly extendingtransversely spaced arms each formed with an open hook end to slidablyremovably engage over the upper rail of said transverse rails, each saidhook end extending a substant1al distance downwardly from the upper railof sar transverse rails and terminating above the lower rail of saidtransverse rails, an arm extending from the base of said clip beneaththe lower rail of said transverse rails and arranged to frictionallyengage said lower rail by cooperating with said hooked end spaced armsto spring bias said upper and lower transverse rails together to retainsaid clip on said transverse rails yet permit removal of the clip fromsaid transverse rails by upward pivotal movement of the clip about anaxis coincident with the upper transverse rail to disengage said baseclip arm from said lower transverse rail followed by upward movement ofthe clip to disengage said hooked end spaced arms from said uppertransverse rail, and article support arm means extending from said clipaway from said frame.

2. The apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein said frame comprises aplurality of vertically spaced pairs of said transverse rails.

3. The apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein said rails are plasticcoated wires.

4. The apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein the support arms means ofsaid suspension member comprises a pair of side by side wires havingtheir free ends bent upwardly.

5. The apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein the support arm means ofsaid suspension member comprises wires arcuately bent to form a coathanger.

6. The apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein a plurality of saidsuspension members are mounted in laterally spaced relation on saidframe so that the support arm means of said suspension members cooperateto provide a substantially horizontal shelf.

7. The apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein at least two of saidsuspension members are mounted in laterally spaced relation on saidframe, and a bottle rack is secured upon and across their support armmeans.

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1. Apparatus for supporting articles comprising means defining a wireframe having a plurality of transversely spaced generally vertical railsand at least one pair of adjacent upper and lower transverse railsspaced a predetermined distance apart fixed to said vertical rails, anda suspension member removably mounted on said frame comprising at oneend a substantially U-shaped clip having a base and upwardly extendingtransversely spaced arms each formed with an open hook end to slidablyremovably engage over the upper rail of said transverse rails, each saidhook end extending a substantial distance downwardly from the upper railof said transverse rails and terminating above the lower rail of saidtransverse rails, an arm extending from the base of said clip beneaththe lower rail of said transverse rails and arranged to frictionallyengage said lower rail by cooperating with said hooked end spaced armsto spring bias said upper and lower transverse rails together to retainsaid clip on said transverse rails yet permit removal of the clip fromsaid transverse rails by upward pivotal movement of the clip about anaxis coincident with the upper transverse rail to disengage said baseclip arm from said lower transverse rail followed by upward movement ofthe clip to disengage said hooked end spaced arms from said uppertransverse rail, and article support arm means extending from said clipaway from said frame.
 2. The apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein saidframe comprises a plurality of vertically spaced pairs of saidtransverse rails.
 3. The apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein saidrails are plastic coated wires.
 4. The apparatus defined in claim 1,wherein the support arms means of said suspension member comprises apair of side by side wires having their free ends bent upwardly.
 5. Theapparatus defined in claim 1, wherein the support arm means of saidsuspension member comprises wires arcuately bent to form a coat hanger.6. The apparatus defined in claim 1, wherein a plurality of saidsuspension members are mounted in laterally spaced relation on saidframe so that the support arm means of said suspension members cooperateto provide a substantially horizontal shelf.
 7. The apparatus defined inclaim 1, wherein at least two of said suspension members are mounted inlaterally spaced relation on said frame, and a bottle rack is securedupon and across their support arm means.